IPNet Digest Volume 13, Number 01 January 5, 2006 Today's Editor: Patricia K. Lamm Michigan State University Today's Topics: 14th Inverse Problems in Engineering Seminar, July 2006 SIAM Conference on Imaging Science -- Program Available Int'l Workshop on Accurate Solution of Eigenvalue Problems Alberto Calderon's Foundational Paper Now Online New book: Parameter Identification of Materials, Structures PhD-Position at RICAM Linz in Direct and Inverse Modeling Table of Contents: Electronic Trans. on Numerical Analysis Table of Contents: Linear Algebra and Its Applications Submissions for IPNet Digest: Mail to ipnet-digest@math.msu.edu Information about IPNet: http://www.mth.msu.edu/ipnet ----------------------------- From: Mark Bryden Subject: IPES 2006 Date: Friday, December 23, 2005 1:14 PM Colleagues, This is to announce the call for papers for 14th Inverse Problems in Engineering Seminar. The seminar will be held July 26-27, 2006 at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, USA. The Fourteenth Inverse Problems in Engineering Seminar is being organized at Iowa State University. This event is the continuation of the informal seminars which were initiated at Michigan State University in 1988. Papers are solicited from all areas involving inverse methods and their applications. Four broad categories are being used to organize sessions. These categories, with some subtopics delineated, are: 1. Inverse Problems in Heat Transfer Inverse Heat Conduction Thermal Property Estimation 2. Mathematical Aspects of and Techniques for Inverse Problems Inverse Theory and Methods Stability and Error Analysis 3. Design of Experiments and Applications of Inverse Methods Optimal Experiment Design Analysis of Actual Experimental Data 4. Inverse Problems Exclusive of Heat Transfer 5. Bio-Engineering Inverse Problems 6. Tomography and Inverse Scattering Important dates for the conference are January 31, 2006 - Abstracts (300 words) due February 15, 2006 - preliminary acceptance notification to authors March 15 - Submit PDF version of paper for review May 30 - Final acceptance notification to authors June 30 - Final camera-ready version of full paper due Additional information is available at www.inverseproblems.org Chair: Professor Mark Bryden Iowa State University kmbryden@iastate.edu Co-Chair: Keith A. Woodbury University of Alabama, USA, woodbury@me.ua.edu Submitted by: Keith A. Woodbury" ----------------------------- From: "Kirsten Wilden" Subject: SIAM Conference on Imaging Science - Program Available Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 Subject: SIAM Conference on Imaging Science - Program Now Available! Conference Name: SIAM Conference on Imaging Science=20 Location: Radisson Hotel Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota Dates: May 15-17, 2006 Invited Plenary Speakers: Emmanuel Candes, California Institute of Technology Frederic Guichard, DxO Labs Hugues Hoppe, Microsoft Research Robert Hummel, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Alexander Katsevich, University of Central Florida Luminita Vese, University of California, Los Angeles The program for this conference is now available: http://www.siam.org/meetings/is06/program.htm Hotel information is also available: http://www.siam.org/meetings/is06/htlinfo.htm Registration information will be posted to this same site in February 2006. For additional information, contact the SIAM Conference Department at meetings@siam.org. ----------------------------- From: Jesse Barlow Subject: IWASEP Vi-Call for Abstracts Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 International Workshop on Accurate Solution of Eigenvalue Problems VI IWASEP VI Information Science and Technology Building The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA May 22-25,2006 Abstract Deadline: March 15, 2006 (moved back two weeks) In cooperation with SIAM. The purpose of this workshop is to bring together experts on accuracy issues in the numerical solution of eigenvalue problems for four days of research presentations and discussions. This is the sixth such workshop. The most recent was held in Hagen, Germany, June 28-July 1, 2004. The following researchers have agreed to give invited talks at IWASEP VI:Christopher Beattie, Virginia Polytechnic and State University; James Demmel, University of California at Berkeley; Inderjit Dhillon, University of Texas; Mark Embree, Rice University;Gene Golub, Stanford University; Nicholas J. Higham, University of Manchester; Plamen Koev, MIT; Volker Mehrmann, TU-Berlin; Ren-Cang Li, University of Kentucky; Ilse Ipsen, North Carolina State University; Beresford Parlett, University of California at Berkeley; Danny Sorensen, Rice University; G.W. Stewart, University of Maryland. In addition, the organizers welcome submitted presentations and posters that are consistent with the theme of the meeting. To submit an abstract for a presentation or poster, please visit the web page http://www.cse.psu.edu/~iwasep6/Apply.html. Deadline for abstracts is March 15, 2006. Some travel funding is available with preference given to graduate students and new Ph.D.'s. We expect that on-line registration will be available by mid-January through the workshop web page http://www.cse.psu.edu/~iwasep6/. This workshop is supported by the National Science Foundation and the Pennsylvania State University. For further information please email iwasep6@cse.psu.edu. ----------------------------- From: Bill Lionheart Subject: Calderon's foundational paper on-line Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 Alberto Calderon's foundational paper on the inverse conductivity problem, A.P. Calderon, ON AN INVERSE BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM, in Seminar on Numerical Analysis and its Applications to Continuum Physics, Rio de Janeiro, Sociedade Brasileira de Matematica, (1980). 65-73. is rather hard to find in print with dog eared photocopies circulating by hand. I have never seen the proceedings in a library. So I had my own (faded, dog eared) copy scanned to a pdf file so that future generations can obtain it more easily. It can be found here: http://www.ma.umist.ac.uk/bl/Calderon/ If anyone has a better scanned version please let me know! -- Professor Bill Lionheart School of Mathematics, University of Manchester http://www.ma.umist.ac.uk/bl ----------------------------- From: gestavr@dpem.tuc.gr Subject: New book: Parameter Identification of Materials and Structures Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 New Book Information Parameter Identification of Materials and Structures Series: CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, Number 469 Mroz, Zenon; Stavroulakis, Georgios E. (Eds.) 2005, Approx. 345 p. 180 illus., Softcover ISBN: 3-211-30151-8 The nature and the human creations are full of complex, phenomena, which sometimes can be observed but rarely follow our hypotheses. The best we can do is to build a parametric model and try to adjust (identify) the unknown parameters based on the available observations. The authors discuss problems relevant to materials and structures like inverse analysis in structures, crack, material parameter and damage identification, modal analysis and thermographic methods. The solution methods vary from classical optimization to neural networks and genetic algorithms. Since all the authors are engineers, well-known in the academic and industrial world, the emphasis is posed on methods which really work. In fact, the chapters provide state-of-the-art information supplemented by selected examples and numerous references to modern publications, so that the reader can directly proceed with the study of his own problems. Table of contents Preface. Bolognini, L., An overview of enhanced modal identification. Bui, H. D., Constantinescu, A., Maigre, H., The reciprocity gap functional for identifying defects and cracks. Maier, G., Bocciarelli, M., Fedele, R., Some innovative industrial prospects centered on inverse analyses. Mroz, Z., Dems, K., Identification of damage in beam and plate structures using parameter dependent modal changes and thermographic methods. Stavroulakis, G. E., Engelhardt, M., Antes, H., Crack and flaw identification in statics and dynamics, using filter algorithms and soft computing. Toropov, V., Yoshida, F., Application of advanced optimization techniques to parameter and damage identification problems. Waszczyszyn, Z., Ziemianski, L., Neutral networks in the identification analysis of structural mechanics problems. More Information from the publisher http://www.springer.at/main/book.jsp?bookID=3-211-30151-8&categoryID=6 or http://www.springer.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,1-40109-22-105287732-0,00.html Message sent by Professor Georgios E. Stavroulakis, Technical University of Crete, Greece http://users.isc.tuc.gr/~gestavroulakis ----------------------------- From: "Martin Burger" Subject: PhD-Position at RICAM Linz Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 A three-year PhD-Position is available from March 1, 2006, at the Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (Austrian Academy of Sciences), Linz, Austria. The position is part of the newly established doctoral school "Molecular Bioanalytics: From Molecular Recognition to Membrane Transport" funded by the Austrian National Science Foundation, and will enable the successful candidate to interact with groups in molecular biology, biophysics, and / or chemistry, as well as to participate in a curriculum including laboratory courses. Details about the Radon Institute can be found at http://www.ricam.oeaw.ac.at, and about the doctoral school at http://www.wissen.jku.at/mobaindex.htm. The topic of the PhD-thesis in our project is "Direct and Inverse Modeling and Simulation of Transport through Membranes and Water Channels". The aim is to develop models and numerical simulations of water transport through membranes and channels that should allow quantitative predictions in realistic situations. These models will involve partial differential equations. Using these models, the second aim is to determine structural properties of membranes and channels from available indirect measurements in adjacent water layers. The mathematical formulation of these inverse problems leads to parameter identification in systems of partial differential equations, for whose solution appropriate regularization methods should be developed. We are seeking talented and committed individuals, with an excellent master or diploma in applied mathematics, physics, or biophysics, to join the programme. Preference is given to applicants younger than 28. Selection will be made during the "Linz Winter Workshop" (Februrary 3 - 7, 2006), to which the best applicants will be invited. We offer a gross salary of 22900 Euro per year. Applications including covering letter, full c.v., and copies of the graduation certificate should be sent before January, 21 to the speaker of the program: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Pohl Institute of Biophysics Johannes Kepler University Altenberger Str. 69 A-4040 Linz, Austria peter.pohl@jku.at with a copy to Annette Weihs Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (RICAM) Austrian Academy of Sciences Altenberger Str. 69 A-4040 Linz, Austria annette.weihs@oeaw.ac.at ----------------------------- From: Lothar Reichel Subject: ETNA, TOC, vol. 20 Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 Electronic Transactions on Numerical Analysis 2005 Volume 20 Table of Contents ETNA is available at http://etna.mcs.kent.edu and at several mirror sites. ETNA is in the extended Science Citation Index and the CompuMath Citation Index. Fast Givens transformation for quaternion valued matrices applied to Hessenberg reductions D. Janovska' and G. Opfer Stability of numerical methods for ordinary stochastic differential equations along Lyapunov-type and other functions with variable step sizes H. Schurz On the use of larger bulges in the QR algorithm D. Kressner Fractal trigonometric approximation M. A. Navascues Crout versions of ILU factorization with pivoting for sparse symmetric matrices N. Li and Y. Saad Uniform convergence of monotone iterative methods for semilinear singularly perturbed problems of elliptic and parabolic types I. Boglaev Quadrature over the sphere K. Atkinson and A. Sommariva Oblique projection methods for linear systems with multiple right-hand sides K. Jbilou, H. Sadok, and A. Tinzefte A nonnegatively constrained trust region algorithm for the restoration of images with an unknown blur J. M. Bardsley Convergence analysis of the rotated Q_1 element on anisotropic rectangular meshes S. Mao and S. Chen A BDDC algorithm for a mixed formulation of flow in porous media X. Tu On the worst-case convergence of MR and CG for symmetric positive definite tridiagonal Toeplitz matrices J. Liesen and P. Tichy Recursive computation of certain integrals of elliptic type P. G. Novario Krylov subspace spectral methods for variable-coefficient initial-boundary value problems J. V. Lambers Generalizations of harmonic and refined Rayleigh-Ritz M. E. Hochstenbach A linear acceleration row action method for projecting onto subspaces G. Appleby and D. C. Smolarski ----------------------------- From: Hans Schneider Subject: LAA contents Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 Linear Algebra and Its Applications Feb. 1, 2006 Vol. 413, Issue 1 Table of Contents Georg Heinig November 24, 1947-May 10, 2005 A personal memoir and appreciation by Karla Rost K. Rost On the simultaneous diagonal stability of a pair of positive linear systems O. Mason, R. Shorten Singularity conditions for the non-existence of a common quadratic Lyapunov function for pairs of third order linear time invariant dynamic systems C. King, R. Shorten On rank invariance of generalized Schwarz-Pick-Potapov block matrices of matrix-valued Caratheodory functions A. Lasarow The effect on the Laplacian spectral radius of a graph by adding or grafting edges J.M. Guo An alternative approach to unitoidness D.W. Robinson On two perturbation estimates of the extreme solutions to the equations X+/-A*X^-^1A=Q V.I. Hasanov, I.G. Ivanov Local derivations on certain CSL algebras J.H. Zhang, F.F. Pan, A.L. Yang Bimonotone linear inequalities and sublattices of R^n M. Queyranne, F. Tardella Finite projective planes admitting a projective linear group PSL (2,q) W. Liu, J. Li On the spectral radius of trees with fixed diameter J.M. Guo, J.Y. Shao A note on the kth eigenvalue of trees J.M. Guo A norm compression inequality for block partitioned positive semidefinite matrices K.M.R. Audenaert Subtotally positive and Monge matrices M. Fiedler Some trace formulae involving the split sequences of a Leonard pair K. Nomura, P. Terwilliger Applications of Hilbert's projective metric to a class of positive nonlinear operators M.J. Huang, C.Y. Huang, T.M. Tsai A concavity inequality for symmetric norms J.C. Bourin Iterations of linear maps over finite fields M. Misiurewicz, J.G. Stevens, D.M. Thomas Dynamic feedback over principal ideal domains and quotient rings J.A. Hermida Alonso, M.M. Lopez-Cabeceira Submitted by: Hans Schneider Mathematics Department, Van Vleck Hall, University of Wisconsin, 480 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI 53706-1313 USA Office Phone: 608-262-1402 Math Dept Phone: 608-263-3054 Email: hans@math.wisc.edu Math Dept Fax: 608-263-8891 http://www.math.wisc.edu/~hans ------- end -------